Commerce Dept's CAISSI AI-testing agency restructured, three senior officials to report to White House
typewriters · x · 2026-10-13
CAISSI, the small Commerce Department agency tasked with testing new AI models, is getting a long-awaited refresh. The Trump administration finalized a plan for three senior CAISSI officials to report directly to the White House, aiming to streamline an agency long plagued by resource and access issues.
- There is confusion between the White House and Commerce over the restructure, which a White House official says shows CAISSI leadership must change
- Chief of Staff Susie Wiles and other officials agreed to integrate CAISSI into White House AI decision-making
- Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick had earlier invited Michael Kratsios and Sean Cairncross to co-manage CAISSI six months ago
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